Our impact
YFM backs small UK businesses to help them to grow and produce strong financial returns for our investors. But we also want to build better businesses that are ultimately more sustainable. As part of our aim of building bigger and better businesses, we identify impact and ESG areas where our businesses can target improvement.
As signatories of the PRI, we follow the Principles for Responsible Investment.
Paul Cannings
Partner
Our process
We believe that good businesses...
Grow our Economy
£12m
was invested in research and development by our companies
£34m
of goods were exported by our portfolio businesses, up from £29m in 2019
2,954
full time jobs were created/maintained by our portfolio businesses, up from 2,805 in 2019
Improve our Society
17%
of our portfolio businesses had a female CEO, versus 8% of the FTSE100
207
volunteering days were completed by our portfolio businesses, up from 58 days in 2019
30%
screened their suppliers
for both human rights and wider
ethics standards
Value our People
50%
Of our portfolio businesses had a mental wellbeing programme for their employees, up from 45% in 2019
20,000
hours of non-statutory training was given by our companies
95%
of our portfolio businesses paid all of their staff more than the minimum wage, up from 90% in 2019
Protect our Environment
45%
of our portfolio businesses had carbon reduction strategies in place, up from 40% in 2019
55%
of our portfolio businesses had a plastic reduction strategy in place, up from 50% in 2019
75%
of our portfolio businesses had a landfill diversion strategy in place, up from 65% in 2019
The above content references 2020 data
Impact
news
Read the latest news stories on impact at YFM and across our investment portfolio.
YFM Reading donates £3,000 to Berkshire Community Foundation
13 December 2021
KeTech supplies UK’s first hydrogen powered train, Hydroflex
20 October 2021